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Morning
I woke up lazily (I’m not a morning person, and there isn’t any exceptional).
I looked into my mailbox and facebook.
I read and replied those “happy birthday” greetings.
I thought,”I’m 22 y/o, I’m old! Another age added into my life, another responsibility and matters added too”
I prayed,”God, thanks for blessing me during 21 years of my life. Thanks for trusting me another year of life.”
I got a phone call, decided to go to Universiteit Twente Open House with my best friend, Rinda.Mood : a bit gloomy (my close friends were out of town, my parents haven’t called me yet), a bit sad, a bit lonely

Afternoon
I attended that open house, decided to apply to that Uni next year.
I had lunch in Kafe Batu with Rinda, I had a teppanyaki & fettuccine alfredo. (Chinese belief that on your birthday, you have to eat noodles or something like noodles, so you’ll have a long life. I’m a Chinese descendant, so I had Fettuccine😛 )
I went to Ciwalk, hung out, home.
I thought,”gosh, I have a mid exam tomorrow, gotta study”
I took a nap for 30 mins.Mood : so-so, a little tired and sleepy

Evening
I studied with a friend in the study room.
Suddenly,
Jess, one of my housemates : “Ness !! I think, I got a stomach ache.. (she looked painful). Do you have any pills or anything to get this a little bit better?”
I stopped writing : “Yeah, come with me.” (gave her a pills)
Jess : “I don’t want this one. Do you have any with mint flavour?”
Me : “No I don’t. C’mon just swallow it, it helps a lot” (I gave a her a cup of water)
Jess :” I need another cup of water”
I glared at her, thought why wouldn’t she took it by herself. I filled another cup of water and ……………….

There, in front of my opened-door, my close friends were standing, singing the birthday anthem, and carrying a birthday cake with candles and butterfly decoration.

I was speechless for a minute or two, then realized that I was fooled by them, so they could threw me a surprise.

I was REALLY surprised.

They woke up early that day and traveled from another town (I saw their luggage outside my room and their exhausted faces).

I was also surprised when a friend of mine, oh well, a French teacher actually, Nicolas😛 gave me a link with his voice recorded and a french song. I hardly recognized all the sentences, just : “bonjour Vanessa, bla bla bla, Joyeux Anniversaire” (désolée, Nicolas, je te dit, je ne suis pas bon à l’écoute, hehe).
The song titled : L’amitié ( Friendship).
Here is the link, if you want to listen :http://www13.speedyshare.com/files/23189364/download/22%20ans%20!.mp3That was really thoughtful. Merci beaucoup, Nicolas. J’ai été surpris, haha😀

People asked me about my birthday wishes, and um, I wish three things :

Wisdom. Maturity. Courage.

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what’s to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come.